A depiction of a woman playing with an early form of the yo-yo, or "bandalore" (as it was called in england then), from a fashion journal, 1791. The most common french word for yo-yo at the time was "emigrette", but it is called the "joujou de normandie" in a caption to a version of this image which was included in albert charles auguste racinet's le costume historique (1888). Date: 1791. Depicted People: A woman.
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